Stenhousemuir vs Albion Rovers FC preview - McHale returns for Warriors

Posted Saturday, March 24, 2012 by PA

Stenhousemuir welcome back midfielder Paul McHale to their squad following an injury as they look to see off Albion and move closer to clinching a play-off place.

Not such good news for the Warriors is that they will be without Michael Devlin, Eric Paton, Brown Ferguson and Sean Dickson through knocks.

The Ochilview side held leaders Cowdenbeath last Saturday and assistant manager Kevin McGoldrick is looking for the same battling qualities that were on display in that game this time around.

McGoldrick said: "We worked incredibly hard and fought for everything to get a point at Central Park and we will need to adopt the same approach against a side battling for Second Division survival."

Bottom-of-the-table Albion will be without captain Ciaran Donnelly due to a shoulder injury as they look to repeat a recent 1-0 success over their hosts.

The Coatbridge side are also without Chris Boyle through university commitments and player-assistant manager Todd Lumsden is a major doubt due to a calf injury, with former Queen of the South youngster James McGowan likely to be involved again in a trialist capacity.

Lumsden said: "We suffered a real kick in the teeth at Brechin when we lost to a last-minute goal last week and we will need to bounce back from that.

"We had played well in the game and we need to take that form into this game and hope for better fortune."